[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4723-H4724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       PROTECTING AMERICAN CITIZENS WITH PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, the Trump administration 
supports killing the only law that protects Americans from pre-existing

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medical conditions. Fifty-four million Americans could lose health 
insurance coverage without this important patient protection, including 
nearly 7 million people stuck with COVID-19, the newest pre-existing 
condition.
  COVID-19 has killed 200,000 Americans in less than 8 months, and 
288,000 new COVID-19 cases were diagnosed in the last 7 days alone. The 
United States has 5 percent of the world's population and 25 percent of 
COVID-19 cases because the White House's response to COVID-19 was slow, 
sloppy, and chaotic. Now that same White House wants to kill the only 
law that protects Americans from COVID-19, the newest pre-existing 
condition.
  We need a White House that protects American families and sides with 
the American people, keeping them and their families healthy and safe.

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